SACRED SPACES
PHOTOS: ALAN CARVILLE
TOP OF THE WORD
These rooftop biblical gardens in Paceville provide multisensory metaphysical prayer spaces to welcome visitors to meditate and pray in their paradisiacal ambiance, says architect Richard England.
THE WORD consists of two split-level gardens on the rooftops of the WOW premises adjacent to the Augustinian Millennium Chapel in Paceville, specifically designed as “loci to pause, be silent and unspoken to, while measuring oneself against the immeasurable”. The project is the manifestation of horticulturalist Peter Calamatta’s dream of a biblical garden, housing
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